Sicilian Pecorino with Raisins, a compact cheese made from sheep's milk, flavored with raisins! Sicilian Pecorino with Raisins: a typically Sicilian excellence. FORMAT: between 800 g and 900 g approx. The Sicilian Pecorino with Raisins, in Sicilian "picurinu", is a compact cheese made from sheep's milk and flavored with raisins! In Sicilian also "tumazzu", the Sicilian Pecorino with Raisins is a Protected Designation of Origin cheese produced exclusively with sheep's milk in the Sicilian territory. The Sicilian sultana raisins in our Sicilian Pecorino with Raisins are more commonly known as raisins or "uva passolina". This type of dried grape is the basis of some of the most famous Sicilian recipes: we find it here in our Sicilian Pecorino with Raisins, but it's also present in pasta with sardines and alongside toasted breadcrumbs is part of some of the most famous fillings for Sicilian meat skewers! The Sicilian Pecorino with Raisins is a typical Sicilian product, as such it has been officially recognized and included in the list of traditional Italian agri-food products by the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies. Characteristics: Type: Compact cheese made from sheep's milk. Color: Whitish with reddish spots. Flavor: Very intense and balanced, tending to sweetness due to the presence of raisins. Flavored with raisins. Origin: Sicily 100% Sicilian 100% Artisanal. Traditional Italian agri-food product of the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies. Production process: The Sicilian Pecorino with Raisins is produced solely with raw whole sheep's milk to which rennet is added in a wooden vat. It then moves to the shaping and subsequently to the salting. The Sicilian Pecorino with Raisins can be consumed at a more or less high level of aging. The characteristics of the Sicilian Pecorino with Raisins change according to the level of aging, although to be branded it requires a minimum of four months of aging. Gustosi Sentieri: Mission. With our Sicilian Pecorino with Raisins, and with all the products we offer, we carefully carry on a work of rediscovery of Sicilian products, good and natural. Products born from the commitment, passion, and ingenuity of taste artisans. Our aim is to help you discover the goodness of our country, the flavors born from the meeting of peoples and cultures, the fruit of sun, earth, sea, and tradition! Our Cheeses. Our cheeses are the heart of the peasant tradition: all the cheeses, and in particular the Sicilian Pecorino with Raisins, are obtained from the processing of milk from small Sicilian farms. Indigenous Sicilian breeds: Modicana cow, Girgentana goat, Maltese and Argentata dell’Etna, Belìce sheep for our Sicilian Pecorino with Raisins, are among the indigenous breeds from which milk for various Sicilian dairy traditions is derived. Raw milk cheeses, organic cheeses, Slow Food Presidia cheeses, PDO cheeses, historical cheeses, and innovative cheeses. Browsing our selection, besides the Sicilian Pecorino with Raisins, you will discover Maiorchino, Piacentinu Ennese, Vastedda from the Belìce Valley, Ragusano monostalla, Provola delle Madonie, Cosacavaddu Ibleo and Scaluni, Tuma Persa, caciotte, goat cheeses, and pecorinos to be discovered with every tasting, flavors of a rediscovered Sicily!
Sicilian Pecorino with Raisins, a compact cheese made from sheep's milk, flavored with raisins! Sicilian Pecorino with Raisins: a typically Sicilian excellence. FORMAT: between 800 g and 900 g approx. The Sicilian Pecorino with Raisins, in Sicilian "picurinu", is a compact cheese made from sheep's milk and flavored with raisins! In Sicilian also "tumazzu", the Sicilian Pecorino with Raisins is a Protected Designation of Origin cheese produced exclusively with sheep's milk in the Sicilian territory. The Sicilian sultana raisins in our Sicilian Pecorino with Raisins are more commonly known as raisins or "uva passolina". This type of dried grape is the basis of some of the most famous Sicilian recipes: we find it here in our Sicilian Pecorino with Raisins, but it's also present in pasta with sardines and alongside toasted breadcrumbs is part of some of the most famous fillings for Sicilian meat skewers! The Sicilian Pecorino with Raisins is a typical Sicilian product, as such it has been officially recognized and included in the list of traditional Italian agri-food products by the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies. Characteristics: Type: Compact cheese made from sheep's milk. Color: Whitish with reddish spots. Flavor: Very intense and balanced, tending to sweetness due to the presence of raisins. Flavored with raisins. Origin: Sicily 100% Sicilian 100% Artisanal. Traditional Italian agri-food product of the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies. Production process: The Sicilian Pecorino with Raisins is produced solely with raw whole sheep's milk to which rennet is added in a wooden vat. It then moves to the shaping and subsequently to the salting. The Sicilian Pecorino with Raisins can be consumed at a more or less high level of aging. The characteristics of the Sicilian Pecorino with Raisins change according to the level of aging, although to be branded it requires a minimum of four months of aging. Gustosi Sentieri: Mission. With our Sicilian Pecorino with Raisins, and with all the products we offer, we carefully carry on a work of rediscovery of Sicilian products, good and natural. Products born from the commitment, passion, and ingenuity of taste artisans. Our aim is to help you discover the goodness of our country, the flavors born from the meeting of peoples and cultures, the fruit of sun, earth, sea, and tradition! Our Cheeses. Our cheeses are the heart of the peasant tradition: all the cheeses, and in particular the Sicilian Pecorino with Raisins, are obtained from the processing of milk from small Sicilian farms. Indigenous Sicilian breeds: Modicana cow, Girgentana goat, Maltese and Argentata dell’Etna, Belìce sheep for our Sicilian Pecorino with Raisins, are among the indigenous breeds from which milk for various Sicilian dairy traditions is derived. Raw milk cheeses, organic cheeses, Slow Food Presidia cheeses, PDO cheeses, historical cheeses, and innovative cheeses. Browsing our selection, besides the Sicilian Pecorino with Raisins, you will discover Maiorchino, Piacentinu Ennese, Vastedda from the Belìce Valley, Ragusano monostalla, Provola delle Madonie, Cosacavaddu Ibleo and Scaluni, Tuma Persa, caciotte, goat cheeses, and pecorinos to be discovered with every tasting, flavors of a rediscovered Sicily!
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